August 17, 2009

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On the same day that the Justice Department softened its position in a gay-marriage lawsuit, word is emerging that the department has hired a liaison to the gay community.

Matt Nosanchuk, a former adviser to Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), will join the department as a senior counselor to the assistant attorney general for civil rights, according to an e-mail University of Pennsylvania Professor Tobias Wolff sent to associates Monday night. Wolff was a top LGBT adviser on the Obama campaign. In the e-mail, obtained by POLITICO, Wolff said Nosanchuk "will be the front office point person on LGBT issues for the DOJ Civil Rights Division" among other duties.

The hire looks like yet another effort by the Obama administration to calm the anger of the gay community over a series of perceived slights, including a controversial brief filed in June in a lawsuit over the Defense of Marriage Act.

A Justice Department spokeswoman had no immediate comment on the reported hire.

Lets see...we could have a liaison to the lawyers, a liaison to the incarcerated, a liaison to the age challenged... Enough of this BS. How about the Justice department treating everyone as equal under the law. Maybe one exception could be made for congress; liaison to the ethically challenged.

Beyond such gestures true action to end this nation's shameful treatment of gays as enshrined in law. I'm sure, however, such action will inflame the teabagging birther community who can't seem to get past the notion that a minority's civil rights shouldn't be put up to vote by the majority...

This is a good decision. The rights of LGBT Americans need to stop being overlooked. When a gay person can still be fired from a job for simply being gay, there is still a BIG problem with the judicial system. The End.

The only reason anyone ever needs a liason is if they're not going to live up to their word, but don't want to alienate the people they've lied to. It's a BS position.
Submit to congress a repeal of DOMA and DADT, sign a presidential freeze on firing LGBT military personnel. In other words, live up to your campaign promises ... and then you won't need a liason.
Again, too little, too late. Your true colors have already been shown, Mr. Obama. Prepare to move back to Chicago after your first term.

Is this guy tainted by the house on C St.
scandal that seems to be enveloping
everyone in Washington? From the phony
'healthcare' 'debate' , to tax exemptions for
phony religions (house on C St) --where, oh where are those who truly want to help us? Hypocrites all.

A bunch of lawyers need a liaison to the LGBT community to explain how DOMA is unconstitutional, an inclusive ENDA protects workers, UAFA protects legal immigrant same-sex partners of citizens, and the Matthew Shepard Act will supplement funds and personnel for hate crime investigations?
No second term.